Trilogue

A second round of “trilogue” negotiation on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on July 14th, has addressed the law’s territorial scope and rules relating to international data transfers (Articles 3 and Chapter 5, respectively).

Although no agreed text has been released, public comments made by Jan Philipp Albrecht, the European Parliament’s lead negotiator on the GDPR, indicate that agreement has been reached “in principle” on most of the provisions discussed. (For a video of his comments, please see here, from 3:10:00 to 3:20:00.)  However, some issues remain to be resolved, and it is expected they will be addressed when negotiations resume in September.Continue Reading Progress on EU GDPR Reform: International Aspects Debated

Today, the first meeting between the European Parliament (“EP”), the Council and the Commission (called “trilogue”) took place with the aim of reaching an agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) by the end of the year.  (For background, please see our previous InsidePrivacy post on the Council’s recently agreed general approach.)  The three EU institutions also discussed the status and timetable for the trilogue negotiations on the proposed Data Protection Directive in the law enforcement context (“Law Enforcement DP Directive”).

Right after the meeting,  the EP’s rapporteur on the GDPR, Green MEP Jan-Philipp Albrecht, the Chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (‘LIBE’) committee, S&D MEP Claude Moraes, justice ministers from the outgoing (Latvia) and incoming (Luxembourg) Council Presidencies, and the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, gave a joint press conference on the state of play of the talks and next steps.Continue Reading EU General Data Protection Regulation – First day of ‘trilogue’ discussions

In today’s Justice and Home Affairs (“JHA”) Council meeting (see here), the Council of Ministers of the EU agreed the Council’s long-awaited common approach on a revised text of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The Presidency of the Council of the EU had published a compromise text…
Continue Reading Council Agrees Common Approach on EU General Data Protection Regulation – Negotiations With Parliament and Commission on Final Text To Begin Imminently